Morning Walk around the Neighborhood

January 20, 2018

We, often, take a 3 mile morning walk around the neighborhood when we are in the city. It is a wonderful way to meet new friends and build relationships. Yesterday, we met a new family that were really excited with our visit. We left the NTM Guest House at 7am and returned at Noon in […]

Sports Bible Camp was Amazing…written by our granddaughter, Rebekah Jordan!

April 25, 2017

Sports Camp was amazing! The team arrived safely here on Wednesday night. While they were here, they were able to participate in church, Youth Group, and a Believers’ Tuesday Night Bible Study. They also witnessed six believers’ baptism, and helped with the Sports Bible Camp. To experience some of the culture, they did a scavenger […]

when the unexpected happens…

August 14, 2016

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1 Everything was going smoothly according to the plans WE had made! We arrived safely from Mindanao to the Seminar on the island of Luzon! The NTMAA Seminar went well! And the […]

It’s the little things…. “For who hath despised the day of small things?” Zechariah 4:10

August 13, 2016

Introducing you to the Castelijns: Hello! We are Albert and Lynne Castelijn from Australia. For the last 18 years we have been working in church planting, community development and Bible translation amongst the beautiful Banwaon people of the Philippines. Bible translation remains the highest priority for the Banwaon people. There is a strong, thriving church […]

Telaandig people living at the Capitol Grounds

August 10, 2016

On my morning runs between 6 am – 7am, I stop and visit with these Telaandig people who have built temporary tents at the Capitol Grounds here in our city. They are seeking aid from the City Officials. Protesting, you might say, because four of their own people were put in danger lines and are […]

Filling a Supply Order Ends with a Surprise

August 9, 2016

After a Monday morning that started at 3:45 AM, I thought we would have a couple low-key days. When I opened my email, everything changed.

A New Play Area for Our MK’s

February 2, 2013

...an added blessing....

Selling Our Junk

June 19, 2012

For many, women and children includes, our trash is their livelihood

The Korean Team

June 8, 2012

We have been blessed with a Southern Baptist Church just across the street from our guesthouse. This week we had a “Korean” Team come and have DVBS. The surprise to me was that all the members of the team were from California. Please pray for this team as they will be ministering in Manila before […]

Nunsing gets medical help.

January 28, 2012

Yesterday Monika and Tim Sharp took Nunsing and her friend to the bus station. She had been with us for almost a week at our Guesthouse. She had a big growth under her arm that needed to be looked at by a doctor. The doctor surgically removed it and did several tests. We […]

Immigration

June 20, 2011

Recently Becky and I had to go to Manila to renew our work permit. We had to appear before an Immigration officer. He verified that our papers were in order and that we were the people in the picture. Now we been granted a two year work permit. We are grateful to have our work […]

Back to our Guesthouse Ministry

May 29, 2011

We’ve been back for a week now. Cleaning, Painting, Moving Settling in! Seen many of my old friends and making new ones. A wonderful reunion at our Baptist Church. And we are transitioning into our roll as guesthouse managers. Many changes and lots of work to be done! We are grateful to be back! One […]

September 30, 2009

[album id=1 template=extend]We’ve been here for about 6 months. To get our proper immigration status we had to be fingerprinted. While there is an immigration office just down the street, they don’t do fingerprints. The only place that that is done is in Manila. So earlier this month we went to Manila to get our […]

A new drivers license.

August 24, 2009

<!–[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]–><!–[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]–> We would just like to touch base and share some of our experiences from the last few weeks. One thing a missionary in a ministry of “support” has to do here in the Philippines, sooner or later, is to get […]